A GARDEN NOTE-BOOK 



the soft, cool pink of tulip Flamingo shows itself 

 in perhaps not more than five taU flowers — a 

 suggestion to use a small number of these glorious 

 blooms and thus rid some of us of the mistaken 

 feeling that in numbers of tulips there is strength. 



Farther on in the sunlit garden stands Flamingo 

 again, with Dream in its pale-lavender dress 

 beyond; then green spaces of young leaves of 

 delphiniums, with tulip Lantern's silvery lilac 

 next and tulip Clara Butt beyond. The mounds 

 of young greens in varying tones among all these 

 tulips of Hght, clear colors furnish a wonderful 

 setting for the glories of the flowers themselves. 

 Whether from a distance or close at hand the 

 composition is perfect. 



The play of light and shade on such a garden is 

 in itself memorable. Phlox divaricata in a back- 

 ground of shadow with tulip Bleu Celeste in sun 

 in the foreground form a rich spring picture. 

 Also the semi-careless arrangement of flowers with 

 regard to variety in height and color strikes one 

 at every turn as being remarkably successful. 

 An order of placing uncommonly good is this — 

 tulips Bleu Celeste, Flamingo, Dream, Lantern 

 (syn, Nizza), Clara Butt, with Phlox divaricata 

 interwoven, and touches of the little gray-leaved 



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